Introduction In today’s digital age, effective data archival is crucial for businesses to ensure compliance, data protection, and efficient information management. Microsoft 365 Exchange Online offers a range of data archival options designed to meet diverse organizational needs. In a separate article, I have outlined the out-of-the-box available methods for data protection in Microsoft 365 … Read more
Setting the ground for Microsoft 365 configuration best practices It is very common for Microsoft 365 customers to request external consultation on how to properly setup a new Microsoft 365 tenant and subscriptions or re-configure their existing subscription(s) according to Microsoft best practices. This article attempts to put together a Microsoft 365 configuration best practices … Read more
Introduction The purpose of this article is to present Microsoft 365 external sharing design considerations. When designing your Microsoft 365 tenant, you need to consider a number of factors for allowing or prohibiting access to your Microsoft 365 applications and data to a number of internal and external users. This article discusses the following design … Read more
Introduction Microsoft has announced the deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online. Basic authentication will be permanently disabled in Exchange Online on October 1st, 2022. More specifically, Microsoft is removing the ability to use Basic authentication in Exchange Online for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), POP, IMAP, Remote PowerShell, Exchange Web Services (EWS), Offline Address Book (OAB), … Read more
Introduction When planning to migrate an organization with existing on-premises infrastructure to the Microsoft 365 Cloud, you need to create a thorough plan before the migration. This article discusses a Microsoft 365 pre-migration checklist which is provided as a template by Microsoft. Microsoft 365 pre-migration checklist Carry out the following tasks to prepare for migrating … Read more
Microsoft had announced that on 30 June 2022, they would retire Azure AD Graph. The Azure AD Graph retirement date has now changed. On April 7th 2022, Microsoft published the following update about Azure AD Graph retirement date: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/update-your-apps-to-use-microsoft-graph-before-30-june-2022/. Before that date, you’ll need to update your apps that use it to instead use Microsoft … Read more
I am happy to announce that the Stefanos Cloud Podcast has been released and will be updated with new content on a weekly basis. The Stefanos Cloud podcast utilizes AI-driven Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ports the existing Hybrid Clouds Blog posts into audible posts. The following topics are covered: Microsoft Azure Microsoft 365 Microsoft … Read more
Introduction Power BI is a cloud-based suite of business analytics tools that lets anyone connect to, visualize, and analyze data with greater speed, efficiency, and understanding. It connects users to a broad range of live data through easy-to-use dashboards, provides AI-infused automated insights, embedded and interactive reports, and delivers compelling visualizations that bring data big … Read more
Introduction Microsoft 365 security score is a consolidated security score based on Microsoft best practice security configurations for Microsoft 365 tenants. The higher the score the higher theoretically your overall Microsoft 365 tenant security levels. The score comprises a list of improvement actions based on your current security posture. Not all improvement actions may be … Read more
Azure Virtual Desktop support for Windows Azure Virtual Desktop follows the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy and supports the following x64 operating system images: Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session (Preview) Windows 11 Enterprise (Preview) Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 7 Enterprise Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Azure … Read more
